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The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey and friends explore Aotearoa’s political economy together.
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The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman & Ed Miller ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to July 4
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyAct forces Willis backdown on policy costings unit
Briefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Thursday, July 3: * Deputy PM David Seymour has forced Finance…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBehold, another Quarterly Survey of Business Delusion
Briefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Wednesday, July 2: * The NZIER’s QSBO survey published yesterday…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeySo many extreme weather events, but no mention of climate change
Briefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Tuesday, July 1: * Extreme floods hit the top of the South Island…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyPeter Bale, without Bernard Hickey this week, joins Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, Jonathan Lyons and Treasa Dunworth on a 'Hoon' on the news of the week to June 26 -- an extended international section
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-host Peter Bale talking with regular guests Robert Patman…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyGDP outlook slashed as fresh cost-of-living shock arrives
Briefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Tuesday, June 24: * ANZ economists have slashed their June quarter…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyA housing supply shock in exactly the wrong direction
Morena and glad to be back online after a couple of weeks of leave. Briefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, Antony Loewenstein, Jonathan Lyons & Andrea Black ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to June 20
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman & Andrew Gunn ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to June 13
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyPeter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman, Jamie Shea & Treasa Dunworth ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to June 6
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-host Peter Bale talking with regular guests Robert Patman…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyOne way housing supply growth is strangled
News last week that Auckland Council had confirmed plans to charge housing developers $6 billion worth of Development Contributions (DCs) over the next 30…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman & Janet Anderson ‘Hoon’ around the news of the week to May 30
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Lara Greaves, Craig Renney & Terry Baucher 'Hoon' around Budget 2025
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about Budget 2025…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyLabour commits to same debt & surplus targets as National
The six key news items from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty in the week to Saturday, May 17 were: * Labour committed to the…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard Hickey, Peter Bale, Cathrine Dyer, Robert Patman & Margaret Cooney hoon around the week's news
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyACT’s extreme policies & budget fallacy endanger National’s re-election
Briefly in Aotearoa’s political economy in the week to Sunday, May 11: * PM Christopher Luxon this week allowed ACT’s policies on pay equity and the Treaty of…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to May 9
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyCarers, teachers & nurses lose up to $17b, to fund $14b of tax cuts
Briefly, in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Thursday, May 7: * Retrospective legislation rammed through Parliament last…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyNZ economy sliding into wintry deep freeze
Briefly, in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Tuesday, May 6: * Growth in our housing-market-with-bits-tacked-on of an…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyCanada & Australia stood up to Trump. When will NZ?
Briefly, in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Monday, May 5: * When will our PM and Foreign Minister stand up to publicly…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyCalling b******t on a pro-cyclical tightening of fiscal policy
Briefly, here’s the six big things to note in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate in the week to Sunday, May 4: * In response…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to May 2
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyInterview: Shamubeel Eaqub on an even tighter Budget for 2025/26
I spoke last night with Simplicity Chief Economist and Head of Policy Shamubeel Eaqub about the Government's latest budget policy tightening, the risks for…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard’s Dawn Chorus & Pick ‘n’ Mix for Monday, April 28
The key long stories short in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, April 28 are: * There’s a nationwide shortage of 500…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to April 25
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWillis ignores new Global Financial & Trade Crisis
Long stories shortest from our political economy on Tuesday, April 22: * US markets slump after Donald Trump threatens the Fed’s independence. * China warns…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to April 18
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard's Dawn Chorus & Pick 'n' Mix for Wednesday, April 16
Long stories short from our political economy on Wednesday, April 16: * Simeon Brown has attacked doctors striking for more than a 1.5% pay rise as already…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Government is cutting, just as the economic recovery is stalling
Long stories short from our political economy on Tuesday, April 15: * New Zealand’s economic recovery is stalling, according to business surveys, retail…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to April 11
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyTrump just detonated a neutron bomb under the global economy, but NZ could win
Long story shortest in Aotearoa’s political economy this morning: Donald Trump just detonated a neutron bomb under the globalised economy, but this time the…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to April 4
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyLuxon's 'going for growth' actually means 'going for debt reduction'
Long story short: PM Christopher Luxon said in January his Government was ‘going for growth’ and he wanted New Zealanders to develop a ‘culture of yes.’ Yet…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to March 28
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey30% of doctors leave NZ after graduation
Mōrena. Long stories shortest: The news this morning is dominated by the crises cascading through our health system after 20 years of being starved of funding…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyBernard’s Soliloquy for the week to March 23
Long stories shortest this week in our political economy: * Standard & Poor’s judged the Government’s council finance reforms a failure. * Professional…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWhy is the Govt so afraid of borrowing?
Mōrena. Long stories shortest: Professional investors who are paid a lot of money to be careful about lending to the New Zealand Government think it is…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyA special Hoon with Michael Wolff, author of four books on Donald Trump
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with special…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyHoon: Trumpism dies with Trump says Wolff
It may be a bumpy ride for the world but the era of Donald J. Trump will die with him if we can wait him out says the author of four best-sellers on the…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyS&P downgrades 18 councils, blaming Govt
Mōrena. Long stories shortest: Standard & Poor’s has cut the credit ratings of 18 councils, blaming the new Government’s abrupt reversal of 3 Waters, cuts to…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyClimate sceptic ACT MP attacks National
Mōrena. Long stories shortest: ACT’s renowned climate sceptic MP Mark Cameron has accused National of being 'out of touch' with farmers by sticking with New…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey'There are no exemptions. Just eat it.'
Long stories shortest: David Seymour has denied a request from a Christchurch school and any other schools to be exempted from the Compass school lunch…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe problems with PPPs
Here’s the excellent explainer on PPPs from Patrick Reynolds over at Greater Auckland that this chat was based on. Thank you Edward Miller, James Wilkes…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyPPPs are more expensive, slower & riskier than Govt DIY
Long stories shortest: The Government’s international investment conference ignores the facts that PPPs cost twice as much as vanilla debt-funded public…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to March 14
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyIMF calls for Capital Gains Tax or land tax
Long stories shortest: The IMF says a capital gains tax or land tax would improve real economic growth and fix the budget. GDP is set to be smaller by 2026…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyLuxon wants media to celebrate National's homelessness achievements more
Long stories shortest: Christopher Luxon denies his Government caused a homelessness crisis documented by Auckland Council. Instead, he wants media to…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyLuxon’s economy focus at odds with voters
Long stories shortest in Aotearoa’s political economy this morning: * National’s pollster finds Christopher Luxon has fallen behind Chris Hipkins as preferred…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyOwners of compulsorily acquired non-iwi land to be stripped of appeal rights
Long stories shortest in Aotearoa’s political economy this morning: * Within months and before Parliamentary approval is obtained, the Government plans to…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to March 7
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWill Adrian Orr’s replacement unleash a new mortgage war?
Long story short: Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has resigned unexpectedly and without explanation, three years before the end of his second five-year term…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyLuxon trusts Seymour & Trump
In summary today: PM Christopher Luxon is increasingly at odds with leaders in other countries in saying he trusts Donald Trump and the United States as…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyAn administered, unnecessary & counter-productive inflation shock
Long stories short, my top six news items in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, March 4 are: * The Government is…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyWhy the housing market is just not firing up
Long stories short, my top six news items in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, March 3 are: * The first national…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyThe Hoon around the week to Feb 28
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeySeymour's late, missing, discarded, allergenic, nutritionless, dangerous & skimpy school lunch programme is unravelling
Long stories short, the top six things that stood out to me in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Thursday, February 26: * A…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyInterview: ‘I didn’t want to smile’
Long story short, I spoke to researcher and campaigner Kayli Taylor in the interview above about her ActionStation Aotearoa report into unmet need in dental…
The Kākā by Bernard Hickey'We can't hold on any longer. We're selling.'
Long stories short, the top six things that stood out to me in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, February 25: * The slump…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyInterview: RBNZ wary of any administered inflation spiral
Long story short, I interviewed Reserve Bank of New Zealand Chief Economist Paul Conway yesterday in the full video above about: * the Monetary Policy…
The Kākā by Bernard HickeyGovt set to hike insurance costs $400/year
Long stories short, the top six things that stood out to me in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, February 24: * The…